Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 22.6.22

22.6.22

ghṛtam na pūtam agranye janām asi iti ghṛtavat tasya uktam brāhmaṇam /

hymn) to Vaiçvānara, containing (the word) ‘ghee’ in ‘Like pure ghee to Agni we accord’; the explanation of this has been given. ‘Rich in showers, the Maruts, of daring might’ is (the hymn) to the Maruts; in ‘Rich in showers’ there is repetition; the third day is the end; having gone to the end, he repeats as it were, for hence whitherward should he go? ‘Thou O Agni, the first Aṅgiras, the Ṛṣi,’ is (the hymn) to Jātavedas; it has the same beginning in ‘thou’ and ‘thou’; just as that which has the same ending, so that which has the same beginning is a symbol of the end. Yonder world with the third day they obtain, the Jagatī metre, the Saptadaça Stoma, the Vairūpa Sāman, the western quarter, the rains of the seasons, the Ādityas the gods, Varuṇa, born of the gods, the overlord.